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Speaking at the Nova Libya Expo in Benghazi today, National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Masoud Suleiman said "The Corporation has plans to inc...
The Ministry of Economy and Trade issued Circular No. 6 of 2026 today, calling upon companies, establishments, and traders to disclose their activitie...
Electronic transactions reached approximately 865 billion Libyan dinars by the end of September 2026, the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) revealed today.T...
The Media Department of the World Bank Group informed Libya Herald today that Sameh I. Mobarek has been appointed as the Group’s new Resident Represen...
The House of Representatives (HoR) held a ‘‘breakaway’’ session today at its headquarters in Benghazi, presided over by the Second Deputy Speaker, Mis...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ageela Saleh, has called on members to convene an official session next Tuesday at the HoR’s official seat in...
The Minister of Economy and Trade published Decision No. 493 of 2026 on the regulation and control of export operations.The Ministry says this comes a...
For most Libyans, the foreign-exchange problem is experienced through one number: the price of the dollar on the parallel market. But the exchange rat...
The Renewable Energy Authority of Libya (REAoL) reported today that, as part of the implementation of the National Strategy for Renewable Energy and E...
Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, called on all the militia leaders in Zawia to put an end to the ceaseless militia fighting...
The Al-Bunya Investment and Services Company, a subsidiary of the Libyan Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC), discusse...
The General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences reported yesterday that it is overseeing preparations for Libya’s participation in Expo 2027 Bel...
The Tripoli based Libyan government reported yesterday that during his visit this week to the United States, Minister of Interior Major General Imad T...
The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) welcomed the ruling issued yesterday by the French Court of Cassation in its favour.The ruling rejected the appe...
Toyota Libya announced yesterday that a graduation event was held at its Misrata Free Zone headquarters for eight new trainees - the sixth cohort of i...
The Tripoli government announced yesterday that the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority has renewed the accreditation of the Continuing Airworthiness Mana...
The Tripoli based Libyan government reported yesterday that, Mustafa Al-Mana, Head of the Executive Team for the Prime Minister’s Initiatives and Stra...
The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Health announced yesterday that Libya has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Africa Centres for Diseas...
Libya’s Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) reported today that the second day of technical meetings between itself, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) a...
Updating Libya Herald on the latest news of the 9th Libya Construction Exhibition 2026, CEO of organisers ADD Events, Ghaleb Gheblawi, said ‘‘We expec...
Libya’s Tripoli based Ministry of Marine Resources urged yesterday all fishermen, and those working in the marine fishing sector, to strictly adhere t...
The Tripoli Ministry of Interior’s Department of Passports and Nationality announced yesterday that passport issuance (photo-capture procedures) for c...
The Attorney General's Office ordered the pre-trial detention of an official from the Strategic Programmes Office and the Director of the General...
The Embassy of India in Tripoli announced yesterday the resumption of visa issuance services effective October 1, 2026, at the Embassy premises—45 Al-...
The Head of the Medical Supply Organisation’s (MSO) Management Committee has adopted the "Guidelines for Combating Waste in Medical Supplies, Pha...
As September comes to a close, I have been reflecting on my second trip to Benghazi, Libya where I was honoured to join the official U.S. delegation a...
Libya’s Planning Institute announced today the conclusion of the Second Training Programme for ‘‘Energy Officers in Public Buildings’’.Held in the Ins...
The Department of Support and Development of Medical Services (DSDMS) revealed today the statistics for the first half of 2026 for physiotherapy activ...
Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) announced on 22 September that progress on the C9 Petroleum Project, a major downstream industrial venture, has reached 80 per...
The Tripoli Government Communication Centre reported last Monday (28 September) that it had held a meeting with representatives from the German Embass...
Acting as the national focal point for the "Early Warnings for All" (EW4All) initiative—launched by UN Secretary-General António Guterres—th...
An official meeting was held at the headquarters of the Tripoli International Fair between the Fair’s Director General, Shukri Al-Taif, and the Direct...
The Tripoli government reported today that work has commenced on the project to pave the new Refrigerated Storage Yard at Tripoli Port.The project aim...
The Healing Little Hearts and the Helping Hands for Libyan Children will be launching their fourteenth campaign to treat children with heart condition...
The Libyan British Business Council (LBBC) announced today that, together with the British Embassy in Libya, it will be hosting a UK Pavilion at the L...
The Minister of Economy and Trade, Suhail Abu Shiha, inaugurated the Libya-Korea Economic Forum in Tripoli yesterday.The event was organized by the Ge...
A group of farmers from Libya’s southern region concluded a study tour to Tunisia, held from 20 to 26 September.The tour was organized as part of the...
The New and Renewable Energies Research Centre at the University of Sirte held yesterday a one-day Scientific Symposium entitled "Clean Energy an...
Libya’s Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) announced today the successful return to production of Well EE1HR-80 at Majid Field following a shutdown that...
Tripoli hosted the Libya-Korea Economic Cooperation Forum today. The event was attended by the Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Suh...
The Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Masoud Suleiman, reported today that he held an extensive meeting with the chairmen of oil-produci...
The Tripoli based Libyan government reported today that Mustafa Al-Mana, Head of the Executive Team for the Prime Minister’s Initiatives and Strategic...
On the Central Bank of Libya's own page on the history of exchange-rate policy there is a line most readers pass over. When the Libyan ‘‘pound’’...
The Libyan Business Council (LBC) held a meeting yesterday at the headquarters of the Privatization and Investment Board (PIB) with the Commercial Att...
The ‘‘Ahlia’’ National Cement Company announced yesterday that all its previously stalled plants have resumed operations after a closure since August....
Libya's Tripoli based Minister of Housing and Reconstruction, Issam Al-Tamouni, received a delegation from the Chinese firm Sichuan Huayuan Const...
The Benghazi based Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund (LDRF) reports that it is continuing implementation of the development of Lake Julyana an...
Air Algérie is preparing to resume direct flights to Tripoli starting on 28 October, following a suspension that lasted nearly a decade.According to t...
The Acting Minister of Local Government, Mohamed Bin Ghalboun, met at his Tripoli office today with Aseel Younis Mohamed, Chairman of the Board of Dir...
Libya’s Tripoli Ministry of Defence Military Medical Services reported yesterday that it paid an official visit to Ottobock in Germany to strengthen c...
The NOC has reports that thanks to joint efforts and endeavours exerted, it has been successful in reopening valve No. 7 located on the main Sharara -...
The Renewable Energy Authority of Libya (REAoL) reported today that its delegation conducted an official visit to Egypt to review the Egyptian experie...
In a statement issued today, UNSMIL said it is concerned that the continued disruption of the Sharara-Zawia oil pipeline is adversely affecting Libya&...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor confirmed yesterday receiving Libya's Request for Assistance, authorised and endo...
Libya has officially launched its diplomatic campaign for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2028–2029 term. While th...
On the sidelines of Libya’s participation in the 22nd Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) 2026 in Kuala Lumpur (23-25 September), Essam Al-A...
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced today that it has been forced to shut down one of the refining units at the Zawia refinery—to keep the ot...
For most Libyans, the exchange rate is no longer an abstract economic indicator. It is reflected in the price of food, medicine, household goods, trav...
The Libyan capital, Tripoli, is hosting the "Korea-Libya Economic Cooperation Forum 2026" on September 27–28. The event brings together Liby...
MÜSİAD Libya reported yesterday that MÜSİAD EXPO 2026 was launched last Thursday in Istanbul (23–26 September), bringing together companies, investors...
The Libyan pavilion at the Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) 2026 opened yesterday in Kuala Lumpur, featuring several Libyan companies sho...
Libya’s Transport Ministry’s Airports Authority reported yesterday that Tripoli International’s Operational Readiness, Activation, and Transfer Commit...
The Chairman of Libya’s Savings and Real Estate Investment Bank held a meeting last Wednesday (23 September) at the bank’s Tripoli headquarters with r...
I have read with interest about the imminent publication in November this year of the book ‘‘The Central Bank of Libya: Managing Monetary Policy Under...
As part of the efforts of the Privatisation and Investment Board (PIB) to implement the provisions of the Investment Promotion Law,The Privatisation a...
The Libyan Businessmen Council (LBC) announced today that its Libyan Indonesian Council—in coordination with the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia—...
Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Governor Naji Issa stated that the Bank is collaborating with various relevant institutions and stakeholders to adhere to...
Zueitina Oil Company reported today that technical teams at Al-Intisar Field (103D) have restarted the Crude Oil Recovery System following a period of...
The Benghazi based Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity...
The Minister of Economy and Trade reported yesterday that it discussed with the Ambassador of France to Libya ways to strengthen economic and trade re...
The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Water Resources reported yesterday that its Minister Hosni Oweidan, met with representatives from the French comp...
Libya and Austria are discussing the acceleration of the re-establishment of a direct air route between the two countries.The news came out of last Tu...
A meeting was held today at the Tripoli headquarters of the Libya Trade Network (LTN).The meeting brought together several scheduled international shi...
The Ministry of Transport reported today that its Minister, Mohamed Al-Shahoubi, inaugurated the Air Traffic Management Centre — located next to Tripo...
An informed source at the Central Bank of Libya revealed that the Bank is working on a comprehensive plan to stabilize the foreign exchange market. Th...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Naji Mohamed Issa, participated last Monday (21 September) in the second meeting of the National Committee...
The Ministry of Planning is attempting to addressed ways to enhance the alignment between educational outputs and labour market needs.This came during...
The Ministry of Economy and Trade announced today that its minister approved 52 decisions regarding foreign company branches and authorized representa...
The National Oil Corporation’s Chairman, Masoud Suleiman, reported that he met with representatives from several international service companies opera...
The Ministry of Industry and Minerals reported today that its Undersecretary, Mustafa Al-Samou, continued his meetings and direct discussions with the...
The executive management of the Libyan Businessmen Council (LBC) held a virtual meeting with a representative from the Canadian Embassy’s Trade Sectio...
The Zuwara Anti-Smuggling and Drugs Unit of the Libyan Customs Authority seized a vehicle with Algerian plates at the Ras Ajdir border crossing after...
Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported yesterday that an armed military group closed Valve No. 7, halting the flow of crude oil from th...
The Tripoli based Minister of Housing and Construction, Issam Al-Tamouni, received the French Ambassador to Libya, Thierry Vallat, at his office yeste...
The Libyan Business Council (LBC) is to lead a trade delegation to "The Buildings Show 2026," hosted in Toronto, Canada from 2 to 4 December...
The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Industry and Minerals, Mohamed Abdel-Gader, inaugurated the first coordination meeting on the EU-Libya Initiative...
Egypt plans to build a crude oil stockpile of approximately 16 million barrels for the first time - including 10 million barrels from Libya, according...
Al-Taher Hussein, Director of the General Protocol Department at the Tripoli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received today...
The Tripoli based Ministry of Transport reported today that its Minister, Mohamed Al-Shahoubi, received at his Tripoli office today the French Ambassa...
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) reported today that its Governor, Naji Issa, held a meeting today at his office with the Minister of Finance, Rashid A...
Eighty-six members of the House of Representatives (HoR) announced in a joint statement today that they had been barred from entering the HoR’s offici...
The Administrative Circuit of the Zawia Court of Appeal issued a ruling—specifically regarding the urgent aspect of Administrative Appeal No. 173/2026...
Libya’s Planning Institute reported last Friday (18 September) that it had held a preparatory meeting in Tunis with Germany’s GIZ Libya to discuss lau...
Misrata Free Zone (MFZ) announced yesterday that it had signed an investment agreement with Turkish company MEKA Global to establish and operate a maj...
Libya’s Zueitina Oil Company reported today that its technical teams completed final preparations at the Al-Sabah field and successfully brought five...
An informed source at the Central Bank of Libya told the Libya Herald today that the Bank plans to inject quantities of foreign currency into the mark...